The former X Factor singer has spoken of his betrayal hell after an X-rated video of him performing sex acts was released online

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BY CARL GREENWOOD

14th October 2016, 2:02 pm

Updated: 14th October 2016, 3:09 pm

X FACTOR star Sam Callahan has opened up about his shame after an explicit video of him pleasuring himself was released online.

The singer's fans will no doubt fear Sam could hit rock bottom over the video - which shows him laying in bed fully naked performing sex acts on camera for another person - after it hit the internet on a Twitter account, two years after it was filmed.

Sam spoke exclusively to The Sun Online about his shame at the video being released

He told us: "I was young and foolish back then in 2013 and I was young and foolish in 2014 too, unfortunately I wrongly trusted the person I was speaking to at the time and was completely betrayed and catfished.

"It's not something that would happen now. I'm way too focused and driven to put myself in that risky situation, but I guess we live and learn."

What is catfishing?

Catfishing is the act of a person creating a different identity online for nefarious purposes.

It is most often used by people to seduce someone else on the internet by using pictures and videos of other people to trick the victim into falling for them, or in the case of Sam, performing sex acts on webcam.

Named after the movie of the same name, which saw Nev Schulman discover his online girlfriend was actually a 40-something, married mother of two.

It has also spawned an MTV reality series which follows Nev as he helps other people uncover their catfishes.

Back in 2013 at the height of his post X Factor fame, Sam was caught sending naked pictures to a glamour model while he was in a relationship with fellow show finalist Tamera Foster.